Transliteration:( Wa iz anjainaakum min Aali Fir'awna yasoomoo nakum sooo'al 'azaab, yuqattiloona abnaaa'akum wa yastahyoona nisaaa'akum; wa fee zaalikum balaaa'um mir Rabbikum 'azeem )
300. Either this is addressed to the Yahud living during the time of the Holy Prophet to the Yahud through صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم Hazrat Musa (On whom be peace). From this we learn that disciples too are refered to as descendants, because it was the Pharaoh's policemen who who were serving out this punishment, not the children of Pharaoh.
301. By this is meant the Pharaoh is sparing your daughters so that when they are big they would be able to render service to him.
302. By providing you with this salvation, or in this difficulty Allah Almighty is bestowing His bounty upon you or putting you through a test. Then Hazrat Musa (On whom be peace) was ordered to fast for a month at Mount Sinai before Tauraat could be given to him. Hazrat Musa (On whom be peace)
fasted the whole of Zil-Qaidah. Thereafter, when he brushed his teeth with Miswaak and appeared in front of Allah Almighty, a Divine Voice said the fragrance of the Fast is not emanating from your mouth. Now keep ten more fasts so that its fragrance would be able to emanate from your mouth. He did exactly as ordered, and was given the Tauraat on the tenth of Zil-Hajj. From this we learn that the number forty is an excellent means of obtaining Almighty Allah's blessings. It should be remembered that prohibition of miswaak during fasting, and keeping ten extra fasts for infringing this order is the distinctive feature associated with Hazrat Musa (On whom be peace) only. Thus, we cannot prohibit anyone from using the miswaak during fasting, nor does the use of miswaak break the fast.
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